Marcha Real: The National Anthem of Spain
An Anthem without lyrics...
The Spanish "Royal March" (Marcha Real) was one of the most watched videos in the original channel of DeroVolk, and even today in the backup watch it has thousands of views. There was a certain month in which many versions of the anthem were uploaded to the channel, each one as the anthem of a Spanish colony (e.g.: Spanish Sahara, Spanish Guinea, etc.) and this was subject of many jokes due to the overload of Marcha Real versions that flooded the channel during those days. This was done in order to show the many varieties in terms of instrumental and vocal version that this anthem has. Today, the Marcha Real is the national anthem of Spain, and it is one of the oldest anthems of the world. Even though the official anthem does not have any lyrics, there have been many unofficial versions during all these years.
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The anthem was composed during the XVIII
Century and it appears with the name "Marcha Granadera" (Grenadier's
March) in a book about military bugle calls written in 1761 by Manuel Espinosa
de los Monteros. Years later, King Charles III designated this march as March
of Honour, and in 1815 it was designated as "Spanish March" so it
could be interpreted by every Spanish Army unit (not only the Grenadiers
Regiment). However, in the following years and due to the controversial and
hard times that Spain faced, a national contest to choose a new anthem was ideated
by General Juan Prim y Prats. Several march and anthems were submitted, but the
contest was unsuccessful and Marcha Real continued to by sung in official acts.
It was not until 1871 that the Royal March was
designated as "National March" by Amadeo I of Spain. During all these
years, the anthem was sung using military instruments. Therefore, during the
reign of Alfonso XIII, the anthem was arranged so it could be played by a music
band. This task was issued to Pérez Casas, and the arrangements were officialised
on 1908.
Since then, Marcha Real has been the national
anthem of Spain (except during a brief period of time when the Second Spanish
Republic was established). Nowadays, the anthem is regulated by the Royal
Decree 1560/1997 of October the 10th, and it has a short and a long
version.
Official Version
Original Version
The "Marcha Granadera" was sung using military instruments.Other Instrumental Versions
The Royal March has a long version, which is rarely sung.Other Versions
soberana luz que es oro en tu pendón!
¡Vida, vida, futuro de la Patria,
que en tus ojos es abierto corazón!
Púrpura y oro: bandera inmortal
¡en tus colores juntas, carne y alma están!
Púrpura y oro: querer y lograr:
¡tú eres, Bandera, el signo del humano afán!
¡Pide, España! ¡Tu nombre llevaremos
donde quieras tú; que honrarlo es nuestra ley!
¡Manda, España, y unidos lucharemos,
porque vivas tú, sin tregua pueblo y rey!
Una bandera gloriosa nos das;
¡nadie, viviendo, España, nos la arrancará!
Para que, un día, nos pueda cubrir,
¡danos, España, el gozo de morir por ti!
¡Viva España! Del grito de la Patria,
la explosión triunfal abrió camino al sol;
¡Viva España! repiten veinte pueblos
y al hablar dan fe del ánimo español...
¡Marquen arado, martillo y clarín
su noble ritmo al grito de la Patria fe!
¡Guíe la mente a la mano hasta el fin,
al "Viva España" asista toda España en pie.
vuelve a despertar tus ansias de triunfar.
Orgulloso, Imperio valeroso que llegó a
Nunca rendido, mil veces herido
tu coraje hará volverte a levantar.
Recia bandera del alma que ondea
victoriosa va gloriosa morirá.
Roja y Oro, amada piel de toro
puro manantial de lengua universal.
Valles, montes de hermosos horizontes,
patria sin igual que abraza nuestro mar.
Fuerza del pueblo y el líder eterno
bajo el fiel pendón ya marcha la nación.
Héroes de hazañas de muchas Españas,
donde alcance el Sol suspira un español.
All at once!
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My favorite is the Franco era lyrics. But what I think would be cool is if they did a multilingual lyric anthem like South Africa’s anthem. One verse Spanish, one verse Basque, one verse Catalan, and one verse Galician. If South Africa can do a multilingual anthem, so can Spain.
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Es un artista que nos ilumina,
Por sus videos él seguirá immortal